Dropped $230 on a camera scope and it paid for itself on the first job

Got tired of guessing on tight flues so I bought a cheap wifi borescope with a 16 foot cable for about $230. First job after that was a ranch house in Cheektowaga with a nest clogged way up past a bend where my rods couldn't reach. I ran the camera up, saw the mess on my phone, and pulled it out clean in under 20 minutes instead of cutting a hole in the wall. Now I want to know what the rest of you use for the deep bends, because this thing hates tight turns and the picture gets fuzzy past about 12 feet.

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grant_cooper6h ago

Sounds like you got lucky once and now you're stuck with a tool that can't handle the jobs that actually pay. A camera that fuzzes out at 12 feet won't save you on the next tight bend, so maybe learn to read a flue before spending more on gadgets.

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